Japan-based automobile giant Toyota is not looking forward to a rapid electric car transformation. However, the company continues to work to not lag behind these trends and technology. The latest statements show that Toyota has developed battery technologies that will revolutionize electric cars. Let’s take a closer look at Toyota’s new roadmap together.
According to the statements made by Toyota, in 2026, we will have the opportunity to meet the company’s new generation lithium-ion batteries. Toyota says this battery will have a range of around 1,000 kilometers. If we remember that Tesla Model Y, the most preferred electric car in the world, offers a maximum range of 530 kilometers; We understand how Toyota will compete with Tesla.
Another project of Toyota is an electric car equipped with a solid state battery!
*Toyota’s electric car bZ4X introduced a while ago.
On the other hand; Like 2027 or 2028, an electric car with a solid-state battery that uses solid electrolyte instead of gel, unlike Toyota’s traditional lithium-ion batteries, will be introduced. Although the solid state battery is quite expensive compared to lithium-ion batteries, it will offer a range of around 1,200 kilometers. Moreover, this battery will be charged in just 10 minutes. The statements made by Toyota reveal that the company will focus more on range in electric cars.
Toyota will also innovate on the production line!
Toyota also explained the innovations it will make in its factories in the road map it announced. Accordingly, the company’s automobile production process will now be fully automated. Toyota, which will reduce production costs with aluminum casting machines in factories, claimed that it will produce very efficiently compared to Tesla. If the company achieves its goals, we can say that Tesla will face a very big competitor.
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